The home is the number one place youth access alcohol. It’s important to monitor and secure alcohol in the home.

 

Monitor:

Take inventory and regularly check any alcohol in the home.

Secure:

Make sure alcohol is not easily accessible by putting it in locked spaces.

Tips for Locking & Securing Your Alcohol

  • Lock up the area where you keep your alcohol.
  • Count bottles/keep track of what you have.
  • Store alcohol in safe places that are not seen or accessible to youth.
  • Keep no more beer in the refrigerator than you drink in one sitting
    see 0-­‐1-­‐2 guidelines).

Types of Locks

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Combination Adhesive Locks

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Individual Bottle Locks

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Keyed Adhesive Locks

Calculating the Alcohol Access in Your Home

1. How many youth/children visit your home (on average) every month?
  • nephews/nieces?
  • biological, adopted or foster children?
  • neighbor’s children?

TOTAL NUMBER OF YOUTH ____

2. How many places in your home store alcohol?
  • Refrigerator?
  • Liquor cabinets?
  • Coolers?
  • Closets?

TOTAL NUMBER OF STORAGE PLACES ____

Calculate

Multiply these two numbers and this will yield the number of potential times that youth and alcohol can intersect within your home in one month.

Would you like to make that number zero?

Contact us to request a lock and to learn more on how to monitor and secure the alcohol inventory in your home.